Overview:

Background

The DES Exotic Species Program coordinates activities associated with the control and management of exotic aquatic plants, as well as activities associated with the implementation of education programs and volunteer plant monitoring programs.

Exotic aquatic plants, such as milfoil and fanwort, have been a problem in New Hampshire lakes and ponds since the mid-1960s. Variable milfoil, by far the most wide-spread exotic aquatic plant in NH, was first found in Moultonborogh Bay in Lake Winnipesaukee. From there it has spread to infest more than 60 waterbodies. The program works mostly with submerged exotic aquatic plants, including variable milfoil (Myriophyllumheterophyllum), Eurasian milfoil (Myriophyllumspicatum), fanwort (Cabombacaroliniana), Brazilian elodea (Egeriadensa), Hydrilla (Hydrillaverticillata) and water chestnut (Trapanatans), among other species. Other exotic plants, such as common reed (Phragmites australis) and purple loosestrife (Lythrumsalicaria), although also of concern, are not addressed by the Program because they are not submerged aquatic plants, and are generally found more often in wetlands than in lakes or ponds.

Prevention Grants

Prevention Grants may be awarded for any project to prevent the spread of milfoil and other
exotic aquatic plants to new waterbodies or to prevent the spread of exotics to new, previously non-infested areas in an already infested waterbody. Examples include but are not limited to projects for boat inspections and boater education at lake access sites, education and outreach projects to increase knowledge and vigilance in prevention by the recreating public, and other projects or programs to actively prevent the spread of exotic aquatic plants.

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.

Eligibility:

Under RSA 487:29, eligible applicants include:

Publicly-supported nonprofit corporations exempt from federal income taxation
under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state.

Institutions of higher learning.

State agencies

Under RSA 487:28, II, applicants must provide a minimum level of matching resources equal to 50% of the proposed program budget.

The department may exempt institutions of higher learning from the required match.

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